Will Phucs Washington visit boost Vietnam-US ties?

Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc will officially visit the United States and meet with President Donald Trump in the White House this week. As such, he will become the first Southeast Asian leader to travel to the US and hold face-to-face talks with Mr Trump since he took office in January. This is very remarkable in many respects.

What Vietnam Can Offer America

U.S. policy must achieve a U.S.-Vietnam alliance that can neutralize Chinese primacy in Southeast Asia.

Farming the World: Chinas Epic Race to Avoid a Food Crisis

Chinas 1.4 billion people are building up an appetite that is changing the way the world grows and sells food.

Are China and America Destined for War?

Are Xis China and Trumps America on a collision course toward war?

Is this the end of Americas role as a defender of freedom?

When on April 2, 1917, President Woodrow Wilson asked Congress for a declaration of war against Germany, he not only made the case for the United States’ entry into World War I. He also gave the seminal statement of what slowly became a central strand of U.S. foreign policy.

Xi Jinping: The Illusion of Greatness

Politics is always about pomp and pageantry, but as pure, stultifying ritual few occasions can compare to the convening of the Chinese parliament, the National People’s Congress, which ended this week.

Elon Musk wants to end languages with brain implants

Elon Musk wants "uncompressed" communication between people, removing languages in the process

Destined for war? China, America and the Thucydides trap

As Trump and Xi prepare to meet, Gideon Rachman looks at the tests ahead for the world’s most important bilateral relationship

Aftermath: War, Memory and History

Harvard President Drew Faust delivers her speech, "Aftermath: War, Memory and History," at Ho Chi Minh City University of Social Sciences and Humanities in Vietnam.

Death and Despair in White America

Every week, hosts Dan Moss and Scott Lanman bring you a jargon-free dive into the stories that drive the global economy.